The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-06-24
THE WEEKLY ROUNDUP.
What the grangers need just now, il
a little rain.

A delegation Of Minnekahta guests
visited the falls on Tuesday of this
week and took in the magnificent see
merry of that locality.
A social hop was indulgca in by the
young people on Saturday evening.
A fair number were in attendance and
all seemed to enjoy themselves hugely.
On the night of ths 4th day of July.
a grand BAH will be given at the new
store building near the Minnekahta
Hotel. under the management of mir
Il. d. Jennings.
John Lckes says if there isanytlling
he likes more than any other il is more
fish. Mr.. Crane says he has seem more
exhilerating sports than fishing but
none moister.
The Ladies Aid Society will meet at
the residence of Mrs. DIR. Stanley, on
Wednesday 29th, for 5 o'clock Y. An
are cordially invited, gentlemen in-
Guided at Is cents apiece.
Frank Erush has sold his interest in
the 81 I1a'o lili' saloon 10 j. Forsu-
son. Frank left this week on Il horse
selling expedition, in company with
Jackson {; Sons, through Nebraska,
Iowa and eastern Dakota.
Ihc Dirty Stockings sends greeting
to the Minnehahta Nine. ard agrees to
meet tlicn upon their own groand and
play them cne game or i've fer the
;hamp pionship of Tie banana belt.
Ovcrseer Willor is doing good work
on tiyar Avenue With his fovce. the
grading down OF the en,bankmant and
Strengthening the street in front Of
targcs Store has long been needed.
We are informed that series Of
tle.ho;!isi camp IN ctings will he held
at t.lis place about the middle of July.
| due no.ica nf which will be given as
soon us something definite can be
learned.
Two miners, Harry Boswell and Ed.
Stuart. were crushed to tieati, IN a
cavina mine i'm the Harvard district.
near i:lttie Crack. OH wednesday last.
They were old timers in the Black
Hills.
Dir. Stanley was summoned. on
Wednesday morning. To a;tci,! the
case of Miss Dumpkc, about seven
m!'es north of town. who was suffering
from severe attack of cholera morb,sS.
The doclo- left her in Il ccnvalesccMt
condition.
Tho ,.c rrcan, socialle civen by The
| Lalie> tii Society at i',e rev church
! on iYi'sy 'ast WIS n grand success, t',e
proceeds; OF tl,e rveliii@ netting tl'c so-
rietv $4,000. Tho Society returns their
thanks 10 The public generally for their
liberal patronage.
According to the Chronicle Custer
City real estate is loohl,irg mp sercnelv,
from a monetary standpoint. the recent
transfers in valuable tim prcperty hav
ing created new energy and restoicd
confidence in that hitherto rather dull
and deserted village.
A Hot Springs hotel advertises that
| II is 'st!ie only tli;ra-class hotel i'll Da
kot.i. and the only one that has not
been recently rctittcd and ref,nnished
| throughout.' We expect that fellow
keeps the best hotel in that part OF
Dakota. Gnsette.
ID. b. Ingram returned from fort.
nights sojourn at Hoi Springs on
Tuesday last. He is looking much
different than he did when he fcft here
motc evidence that Hot Springs is The
place for sick people to so to. He is
now able to s;incrintend the business
at the store-H Hermosa Pilot.
I.R. Grow. formerly editor of tho
defnnct Buffalo Gap I;wus, bnt now
of the Douglas .As1rHiscr. will socr
remove his material from that place
aud commence the publication Of ;
paper al Stur-is. Bob is a good news
paper man. and will. no doubt, make
q success Of his new venture.
Salt Lake is all tore up over the dis
covery of IA s0-foot vein of gypsum
within six miles of that citv. In tili,
part of the Black Hills we have nothing
but Gypsum. ard make no fuss abou,
it either. Ii is the best fertilizer knowt
and many an eastern farmer wonlt
pay we'll fora few carloads of our raw
material Sundance Gazette.
Hugh Mckay reports deer in th'
central portion Of the Hills uncommon
lv numerous the present year. Report
from the limestone range too, indicat,
, that thai there are more than a fev
bears. An effort will be made here L,
enforce The law enacted at the las
session of the legislature prol,;loitin;
the shipment of carcasscs of the lars,
game animals from the territory
Rapid City .}owwol.
We give this week. call for rec
pies convention for the purpose Of or
sanizins for the campaign this fall
Everyone, no matter what may be hi
politics. should take deep interest il
the work. 1t is the imperative duty o
every citizen of Dakota TO assist in til,
work of promoting its interests wllicl
have been so long neglected. by exert
ing every effort to hiilg about diyis
ion and statehood. Tic people hav,
been insulted long enough with taxa
tion without representation.
Wanted: A first-class Burlingto,
and Missouri editor; one that can built
a hundred miles of track. locate til,
depot ground and erect the building
thereon regularly every week. w
don't propose to he outdone in tli
matter by any railroad center in tn,